search query quandaries

I have to say that I first had to look up the spelling of "quandaries". I know I'm an immigrant to generation.com simply because the only way I knew how to look up a definition is to open a window in Microsoft Word and write out "quandries" and then check its spelling. After I had located the correct spelling, I went to Wikipedia to make sure I had used the word correctly only to find it has not been added to this online dictionary yet - feel free to experiment. Wikipedia was not available for some reason, so I had to go to google.com.

Anyway, the real purpose of this blog is to inform you that I have access to the devices and the conduits, but am concerned about my information literacy. I am not sure that I can formulate appropriate search queries. I was curious about the "ongoing financial woes" of Amazon.com and so I proceeded to search in google. I tried "Amazon.com finances new high-risk" and other such combinations but failed to find anything truly useful. What I found was a somewhat informative site and a site to which I've already lost the address.

So, I am a blind man with a stick and I go tap, tap, tap. Where do I start?